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1. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
4. The highest level or degree attainable.
8. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
12. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
16. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
17. Make keen or more acute.
18. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
19. Socially incorrect in behavior.
20. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
21. Being on the left side.
22. The lowest brass wind instrument.
23. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
24. A thrusting blow with a knife.
26. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
28. Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers.
30. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
31. Water frozen in the solid state.
32. Capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy.
33. Undergo resorption.
37. Jordan's port.
41. One of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism).
45. Censure severely or angrily.
47. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
48. Goddess of fertility.
50. Loose or flaccid body fat.
51. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
53. Used of a single unit or thing.
56. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
57. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
58. Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles.
62. The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.
64. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
66. Sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Mohammed during his life at Mecca and Medina.
67. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
69. A succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind.
71. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
72. 1/10 gram.
73. Serving as an essential component.
75. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
76. Perceptible especially by the eye.
80. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
82. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
83. The amount that has spoiled.
86. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
91. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
92. Feel admiration for.
94. Any plant of the genus Inula.
95. One millionth of a gram.
96. The Mon-Khmer language spoken in Cambodia.
98. Toward the mouth or oral region.
100. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
101. Towards the side away from the wind.
102. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
103. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
104. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. Large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters.
2. Having winglike extensions.
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
5. The bill in a restaurant.
6. An informal term for a state of depression.
7. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Having or resembling a stinger or barb.
10. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
11. (informal) Exceptionally good.
12. The triad of divinities of later Hinduism.
13. A residential district located on the outskirts of a city.
14. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
15. Any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules.
25. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
27. United States baseball player (born 1925).
29. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
34. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
35. Gnu goats.
36. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
38. United States food manufacturer who (with his brother) developed a breakfast cereal of crisp flakes of rolled and toasted wheat and corn.
39. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
40. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
42. Australian evergreen shrubs.
43. A braid of hair on either side of the face.
44. The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.
46. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
49. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
52. Urged social reform in 19th century England.
54. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
55. (British) A title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight.
59. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
60. A tight-fitting headdress.
61. East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan.
63. Antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients.
65. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
68. Resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous.
69. The bill in a restaurant.
70. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
74. An affirmative.
77. (Sumerian) Legendary friend of Gilgamish.
78. An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade.
79. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
81. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
84. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
85. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
87. A three-tone Chadic language.
88. Hitting a golf ball on the putting surface with a putter.
89. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
90. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
93. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
97. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
98. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
99. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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